LaBarre Blackman
LATEST ARTICLES BY LaBarre Blackman
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Labor
Call for $15 and a union rings through Ebeneezer Baptist Church
April 2, 2015Fast food servers, homecare and airport workers, and students gave witness to the low pay facing them in today's increasingly service-centered economy.
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Labor
AFL-CIO rallies Georgia voters for Nov. 4
October 29, 2014The AFL-CIO's determination to advance the struggle in southern red electoral states came alive Sunday, Oct. 26, with a Get Out the Vote rally.
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Arts
“Devil in the Grove”: Must-read Pulitzer Prize winner
May 30, 2013In 1961, Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction. In 2013, Gilbert King's "Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America " won...
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Opinion
Chris Hayes’ “Twilight of the Elites” explodes meritocracy myth
May 10, 2013But the critical mechanism of "exploitation" so central to a meaningful, class-based analysis is completely absent.
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Opinion
“Pity the Billionaire” recounts hijacking of public opinion
February 21, 2012Thomas Frank, ex-Wall Street Journalist turned liberal political savant, is currently the darling of the airwaves for NPR and Democracy Now fans.
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Opinion
“The Sprit Level” and the dynamics between economic and social conditions
December 13, 2011A study of dozens of surveys regarding wealth and, the things we associate with the quality of life, seems to come to the surprising conclusion.
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Opinion
“Intern Nation” reality is corporate dream
December 7, 2011Just when you thought the absurdities of capitalism couldn't be more insulting and degrading, the bosses have come up with yet another offense.
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Opinion
Exploding tea party myths about American history
December 14, 2010Jill Lepore's "The Whites of Their Eyes" is two distinct histories in the space of a single volume.
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